Rebellion has introduced that the late Kevin O’Neill, who handed away final month, will be a part of the rising Apex Edition library of top of the range artwork books in June 2023, reprinting unique pages of fabric produced for 2000 AD.
Perhaps higher identified in the US for his collaborations with Alan Moore on the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Cinema Purgatorio, Kevin O’Neill was an instrumental a part of 2000 AD in its adolescence. As assistant artwork editor he was there on the floor flooring when the landmark, now-45-year-old publication started – even working arduous to assist put collectively the dummy prototype of the comedian collectively. He designed and co-created many a traditional character, not least the universe of Nemesis the Warlock and his archfoe Torquemada; and the Robusters. He even designed Tharg, the allegedly fictional (he could possibly be actual!) alien editor of the weekly British anthology. His final project – and work for the comedian – will see print in next week’s situation of 2000 AD (the Prog 2312 hundred-page winter particular) with the return of long-ago character Bonjo, alongside author Garth Ennis. The unique pages from that work will even be featured.
The 160-page Kevin O’Neill Apex Edition will launch June 28, 2023 in each a retail commonplace and an unique particular slipcase model, retailing at £100 (~$125) and £160 (~$200) respectively. The commonplace version will probably be out there for order by way of Diamond’s Previews Magazine next year.
The slipcase model will probably be unique to the 2000AD webshop and can embrace a further web page that includes unique artwork that O’Neill produced particularly. 2000 AD webshop preorders are open now however will shut 12PM GMT on March 28, 2023. Orders earlier than January 3 will even obtain a ten% low cost.
According to Rebellion, they’d been working intently with O’Neill to curate the ebook of his unique 2000AD artwork prior to his sudden passing in November.
The PR:
“The contents of this 160-page assortment have been compiled by O’Neill from his personal archive, working intently with Rebellion’s editorial and reprographics groups to curate this unmissable testomony to his outstanding profession.
“His progressive, iconoclastic, idiosyncratic, and ingenious work for 2000 AD will probably be showcased in an unmissable over-sized artwork ebook, that includes high-resolution scans of unique art work by certainly one of comics most unusual abilities.
“Presented in a deluxe, over-sized facsimile edition, the Kevin O’Neill Apex Edition will reproduce these stunning pages at their actual size – from covers to stunning double-page spreads, from just some of his famous work on Nemesis the Warlock to his final sequential work on Bonjo From Beyond The Stars, giving fans the chance to see these pages in all their glory.”
Editor Oliver Pickles:
“There was and is no-one who draws like Kev O’Neill and this new Apex Edition is ample proof of what an amazing talent he was – whether it was his character design or the incredible energy he brought to every page. It is a shame that he never got to see the finished book that he’d worked so hard on over the past year, right up until the end of October in fact, but I think it is fitting that it stands as a true testament to such a unique talent and such a warm, generous man.”
Rebellion have to date launched two Apex Editions. Debuting with the profitable – and bought out – Brian Bolland Apex Edition in May, they’ve simply adopted up with hot-shot Dredd artist Mick McMahon’s which solely simply launched November 23.
Material confirmed to be featured in the Apex Edition:
- Tharg the Mighty head shot ideas
- 2000 AD Sci-fi Special 1977 cowl
- Judge Dredd: Judges Graveyard pages 1-6
- Tharg’s Future Shocks: Hunted pages 1-3
- Mach Zero Star Scan
- 2000 AD Annual 1979 cowl
- 2000 AD covers – Progs 40, 71, 84, 88, 97 (unused due to strike motion), 103, 112, 167 (sketch & cowl) 398, 483, 485, 489, 492, 500
- Ro-Busters cowl – Starlord points 5 & 16 Cover
- Ro-Busters Star Scan – Starlord situation 19
- Ro-Busters – 2000 AD Prog 88, pages 1-4, 6
- Ro-Busters – 2000 AD Prog 90, pages 1-6
- Ro-Busters – 2000 AD Prog 103, pages 1-6
- Ro-Busters – 2000 AD Prog 104, pages 1-6
- Ro-Busters – Ro-jaws, 2000 AD Prog 106 Star Scan
- Ro-Busters – 2000 AD Prog 111, pages 1-6
- Ro-Busters – 2000 AD Prog 112, pages 1-6
- ABC Warriors – 2000 AD Prog 119, pages 3-7
- ABC Warriors – 2000 AD Prog 123, pages 1-6
- ABC Warriors – Titan Book One frontispiece
- ABC Warriors – Prologue pages 1-3
- ABC Warriors – Epilogue pages 1-3
- Shok! – Judge Dredd Annual 1981, pages 1-7
- Judge Dredd: The Law According To Dredd – 2000 AD Prog 474, pages 3-7
- Judge Dredd: The Law According To Dredd – 2000 AD Page 475, pages 1-2, 4-7
- Judge Dredd – 2000 AD Prog 521, web page 1
- Nemesis: Terror Tube – 2000 AD Prog 167, pages 1-6
- Torquemada The God – 2000 AD Prog 520, pages 1-6
- Torquemada’s Second Honeymoon – 2000 AD Annual 1988, pages 1-6
- Tomb Of Torquemada Poster Prog, cowl
- Tomb Of Torquemada Poster Prog, pages 1-6
- Tomb Of Torquemada Poster Prog, poster
- Nemesis the Warlock: The Final Conflict – 2000 AD Prog 2000, pages 1-6
- Bonjo From Beyond The Stars – 2000 AD Prog 2312
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